Say what?!
Tony Jones has responded to the sort of argument I used in my previous reply to him and the response has me scratching my head. The core of Tony’s response is that first of all, everything is relative (this isn’t surprising). Second of all that the Biblical narrative as such doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter that the creation narrative only mentioned the creation of man and woman for each other. It also doesn’t matter that Jesus affirmed this in the New Testament; the book of Matthew and the Sermon on the Mount and in other places. Tony Jones equated the lack of mention of bisexuals, homosexuals, hermaphrodites etc., in Genesis and the sayings of Jesus with the fact that Jesus cast demons named Legion out of a man instead of calling this man’s ‘problem’ schizophrenia. That therefore, in the same way that a schizophrenic isn’t excluded from the kingdom of … (Read more)
Response to Tony Jones on Homosexuality
Just over a week ago Tony Jones asked a question:
OK, I’m serious about this. I’m not even being snarky. Really.
If you are one who thinks that homosexual sex is sinful, can you please explain to me WHY a gay or lesbian person who is in a long-term, monogamous relationship would not be able to wholeheartedly follow Christ?
My only stipulation is this: You may not quote one of the six verses in scripture that mentions homosexuality. Instead, you must use theological and/or philosophical arguments to attempt to convince me that when you have genital contact with someone of your own gender, it somehow inhibits your relationship with Christ.
Thank you in advance for your civility in answering this question.
Without appealing to the ‘six clobber verses’ it seems to me that any argument — ‘theological and/or philosophical’ - against a ‘long-term, monogamous (homosexual) relationship’ would … (Read more)
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